Chen Anfeng 
Literature Archaeologyis Concealed Structure in Jin Yong’s Martial Arts Novels 

Chen Anfeng’s Literature Archaeology: "Concealed Structure" in Jin Yong’s Martial Arts Novels proves to be the masterwork of comparative literature. The author has by no means studied Jin Yong’s martial arts novels in isolation; instead, he pointed out the problems by comparing many famous literary works in ancient and modern times with Jin Yong’s works. Of which, the greatest achievements of the author are "Concealed Structure" and "Literature Archaeology", thereby establishing his personal critical theory program. This book is very attentive in analyzing the texts and individual cases, excavating the thought depth of Jin Yong’s martial arts novels, revealing the concealed structure and contributing to clarify the origin of Jin Yong’s martial arts novels with Chinese and foreign literature and his astonishing performance of creativity. Meticulous thinking, plausible language, interpreting Jin Yong in a brand new point of view make it a rare masterpiece and worth to be recommended.a"a"Professor Huang Kunyao (Judging committee member of Hong Kong Arts Development Council)"Literature Archaeology" and "Concealed Structure" are two academic concepts suggested in this book and never exist before. In fact, conscious transplants are common in literary creation. So pure transplanting is not worth commending. While archetypes, plots, story structure and the props of western novels have been greatly transformed or created in Jin Yong’s martial arts novels. Even the same figure or the same plot also has been much transformed. Although it is perplexing, it is really impressive and marvelous.a"a"Chen Anfeng